The first of two encounters in the Europa Conference League 3rd Qualifying Round, as the hometeam FCSB will try to edge Nordsjælland in their own ballpark.
It should be mentioned that Nordsjælland play their home matches on artifical turf, so they have to adjust for this one as it's played on grass. Does it matter? Recent statistics for Nordsjælland on grass are 11 victories, 11 draws and 12 defeats from 34 games. In these matches they have a goal statistics scored/conceded: 45-42. You can compare this with overall results below.
Nordsjælland have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for FCSB and Nordsjælland.
FCSB form and stats
FCSB have not come this way in the Europa Conference League without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating CSKA 1948 Sofia. Last season, FCSB's Europa Conference League journey ended in the group stage.Perfect Liga 1 season at home so far for FCSB 2 wins from 2 appearances.
FCSB are confident in defense, having played 187 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
FCSB's last game was hosting CFR Cluj and winning 1-0. The victory against CFR Cluj came after Compagno's winning goal. The FCSB manager Charalambous was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute.
Preceding that match, a home win hosting CSKA 1948 Sofia in the Europa Conference League.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the FCSB at home in the league. 3 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 2 matches.
Nordsjælland form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
Nordsjælland won their last game, 3-1 versus Brøndby played at home. Nuamah, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.9. Nuamah scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-1 at AGF.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Nordsjælland in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Nordsjælland, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Nordsjælland manager Thorup as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Randers.
{3 goals} so far away for Nordsjælland, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  E. Appiah Nuamah 4 goals |  F. Coman 2 goals | A. Compagno 2 goals |
FCSB missing players
Nordsjælland missing players
| FCSB | Nordsjælland | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 42 | 23 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 30 | 17 | Conceded | C | 19 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 9% | 16% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 41% | ||
| 9.7 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 9.3 | ||
| 3.2 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FCSB | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 2 | Universitatea Craiova | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Sepsi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | CFR Cluj | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | SSC Farul | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Hermannstadt | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Voluntari | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Rapid Bucuresti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | Petrolul 52 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 5 |
| 10 | Universitatea Cluj | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | -2 | 5 |
| 11 | UTA Arad | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | U Craiova 1948 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 3 |
| 13 | CSM Iasi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 3 |
| 14 | Botosani | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 15 | Otelul | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 |
| 16 | Dinamo Bucuresti | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Nordsjælland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | København | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 3 | AGF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Midtjylland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Lyngby | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | OB | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Brøndby | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| 8 | Silkeborg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 9 | Randers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 2 |
| 10 | Viborg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
| 11 | Hvidovre | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 12 | Vejle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
